[suddenexample]

I mean, I'd rather be building a $30,200 robotaxi that works than a $30,020 robotaxi that doesn't.

[weinzierl]

You won't get rich with a $30,200 robotaxi, you won't even have a viable business. The game is the mass market and there the usual unit of currency is not cents, its tenth of cents.

[anthem2025]

Even if your robotaxi only manages 2000 rides that’s still down to just 10 cents a ride to cover the cost of hardware.

It’s nothing.

[weinzierl]

All taxis are variants of mass produced cars, that will not be different for robotaxis. The mass market is the enabler and there every tenth of cent counts.